Bob's Bookshop
Updated:
Sunday, 20 March 2005
Hi Good people.
Welcome to my section of interest to the Bookworms amongst us, yes – there is nothing I like better than a browse around a second-hand bookshop or two, that’s how I can offer many of the books below.
Also listed are books I do not have for sale, but are of interest to Survivors & Terry Nation fans. Please note ‘SURVIVORS’ & ‘GENESIS’ are in great demand & very difficult to find now, if you would like me to put you on my list for them, please e-mail me.
NEW: There is a price reduction in of 10%, if 5 or more books are ordered at one time.
Abbreviations: DJ= Dust jacket, HB= Hardback, PB= Paperback,
P&P= UK post & packing. (Overseas, please enquire to: survivorsxx@supanet.com (remove the two “x”s please, SPAM
prevention, thanks)
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1.‘SURVIVORS’. By Terry Nation (1975). Hardback, or Paperback. Now extremely rare. It was also published in
the U.S.A. in H/B, with a few changes
in the text, ie Gasoline, instead of Petrol !.A copy recently sold for about
£100! [Sorry, no copies are available at the moment]
Book
1B ‘REBECCA’S WORLD, Journey to the forbidden planet’ By Terry Nation (1975) A
very rare children’s book by Terry. [sorry, no copies available at present]
Book
2.‘SURVIVORS, GENESIS OF A HERO.’ By John Eyers (1977) Hardback or
paperback. Even rarer than Terry’s
book. No copies available at the moment.
Book
3.‘EARTH ABIDES’, by George R. Stewart. I believe this book; along with “Day of
the triffids” was Terry Nation’s inspiration to create Survivors Copy available
{one very rare (1950, Victor Gollancz pub) H/B copy for sale, at £12 Inc post,
also PB copies available now at £6 upwards (depending on condition) -inc UK
post}
Book
4.‘THE SEVENTH ENEMY’ by Ronald Higgins. A ‘Problems of mankind’ book. Ronald told
Terry Dudley of the perfect place to make the second season of Survivors
(Callow Hill). Higgins originally planned to make a film of his book there.
[one
HB copy available at £10 inc P&P]
Book
5.‘DEATH OF GRASS’ 1956 by John Christopher.
[One PB copy available in average condition at £9 inc P&P]
Book
5A ‘A WRINKLE IN THE SKIN’ by John Christopher Concerning the world ruined by
earthquakes & one man’s voyage across the (now) seabed from Jersey to
England, Great Survivor type story. [One paperback copy in average condition
available at: £9 inc UK P&P]
Book
5B ‘THE WORLD IN WINTER’ 1962 By John Christopher. Another “world disaster”
book, by this author.
PB
copies available at £5 inc P&P. HB copy also available at £7 inc P&P
Book
5C ‘THE YEAR OF THE COMET’ 1955 by John Christopher. PB copy at £5 inc P&P.
Book
5D ‘THE POSSESSORS’ 1965 by John Christopher. PB copy at £5 inc P&P.
Book
5E ‘THE LITTLE PEOPLE’ 1966 by John Christopher. PB copy at £5 inc P&P
Book
5F ‘PENDULUM’ 1968 by John Christopher. HB copy at £10 inc P&P.
Book
5G ‘THE 22nd CENTURY’ 1954 a Compilation of short stories by John
Christopher. PB copy at £5. inc P&P.
Book
5H ‘EMPTY WORLD’ 1977 no copies
available at present.
Book
5J ‘THE PRINCE IN WAITING’ 1971 one PB copy in average condition at £4 inc UK
P&P
Also a copy of the trilogy –
Prince in waiting, beyond the burning lands & Sword of the spirits. PB In
Average condition at £9 inc P&P.
Book
5K ‘THE LOTUS CAVES’ PB copy available in average condition at £6 inc P&P
‘The
making of Terry Nation’s survivors,’ by Kevin Marshall. Very rare. No copies
for sale.
Book
6.‘CELIA JOHNSON’ By Kate Fleming. A biography about Lucy (Jenny Richards)
Fleming’s mother, Dame Celia Johnson, inc making of ‘Brief Encounter’. Written
by Lucy’s sister Kate. A very interesting, well written book, covering Lucy’s
family, and part of Lucy’s life.
H.B.
or P.B. [ 1 PB copy now available, cover slightly worn, otherwise OK. £8 inc UK
P&P] Also a HB copy in good condition with DW at £10 inc.
Book
7 'THE CHURCHILLS,' Again written by
Lucy's sister Kate Fleming, in 1973. All about Sir Winston Churchill's family
background, going back to the 1600s. [one HB copy for sale with DJ & good
condition at £7.00 inc P&P]
Book
8 ‘PETER FLEMING’ By Duff Hart-Davis. (1973) The biography of Lucy Fleming’s
father. Travel writer, served with S.O.E. during WW2, landowner, writer and
father. Peter lived at, & ran the Nettlebed estate, near Henley on Thames,
on very old fashioned lines, as Lucy & her sister Kate still do to this
day!. Another very well written book, in H.B. & P.B. and Quite rare.
[One
HB copy now available, no D.J. at £10 inc uk P&P]
Book
8b ‘COUNTER PARADISE’ by Nichol Fleming (1968) (Lucy’s late brother) a somewhat
James Bond type novel, but quite readable. [one HB copy with DJ available at
£10 inc uk P&P]
Book
8c 'FURTHER COUNTRY MATTERS' by Duff Hart-davis. H.B. good condition. £5 inc
post
Book
9a.‘ONE'S COMPANY’ 1934 by Peter Fleming. One of his famous travel books. [one
P.B. copy available at £5 inc post]
Book
9b 'INVASION 1940' again, by Peter Fleming (1957). A book about what could have
happened, if Hitler's 'Operation Sealion' (the plan to invade England) had
taken place. [one HB copy available at £7.00 inc P&P also a PB copy
available at £5 inc]
Book
9c 'BAYONETS TO LHASA' 1961 by Peter Fleming concerning the British invasion of
Tibet in 1904 [one HB copy, no D.j. £6 inc post]
Book
10 'THE LOST TRIBE' by Jack Ronder (author of Corn Dolly etc) PB copy available
at £5 inc p&p
Book
11 'MALEVIL' (1975) by Robert Merle Translated from french, this is is about a
group of people who survive a nuclear war, then rebuild their world. {1 copy PB
£10 inc post}, inc free copy of 'DAY OF THE DOLPHIN' by the same author.
Book
12 'AVON A TERRIBLE ASPECT' by Paul
Darrow. A very rare book spinoff from BLAKES 7. {no copies available at present}
Book
13 ‘AFTERLIFE’ by Tony Attwood. A
Blakes 7 sequel story {sorry, no copies available}
Book
13A BLAKES 7 books: Blakes 7, Project Avalon & Scorpio attack - PB, £6 each inc P&P or all 3 at £16 inc
P&P
Book
13B BLAKES 7 The programme guide by Tony Attwood PB at £6 inc P&P
Book
14 ‘AND SO ENDS THE WORLD’ by Richard Pape (1961) The world is dying of a
cosmic holocaust of it’s own making. [no copies available]
Book
15 ‘ THE BIOLOGICAL TIMB BOMB’ by Gordon Rattray Taylor (1968) It was ideas in
this rare book, that formed part of the foundation that some writers of
Doomwatch & Survivors worked from. [One HB copy in good condition + DJ
available at £12 Inc UK post, and a PB copy at £5 inc P&P]
Book
16 ‘THE HOMICIDAL EARL’ By Saul David (1997) concerning Lord Cardigan & the
charge of the light brigade in 1854. Interesting, because Saul David, lives
& writes at Callow hill (Whitecross), in a similar ‘House on stilts’ to the
one where Jenny & Greg lived, in Survivors S2. [One HB mint condition copy
with DJ at £10 Inc P&P]
Book
17 ‘THE DROUGHT’ by J.G. Ballard. Little water left on earth! Story. One PB
copy available at £6 inc UK post.
Book
18 ‘A FOR ANDROMEDA’ by Fred Hoyle & John Elliot (1962). This is the book
of the SF TV series, in fact the first SF series I watched when I was still at
school in 1962. So you can tell it was special to me, not to the BBC though,
they junked nearly all bar one episode. I have a PB copy of this one at £6 inc
P&P.
Book
19 ‘THE COMING OF THE STRANGERS’ by John Lymington (1961) a SF tale of
creatures invading from the sea! One
faded paperback available at £5 inc UK P&P.
Book
20 ‘MOUSE CODE’ 1977 a children’s book by Survivors scriptwriter Jack Ronder.
£10 inc P&P
Book
20A ‘THE LOST TRIBE’ 1980 also by Jack Ronder. PB copy at £5, rare HB copy at
£11 inc P&P
Book
21 ‘ THE END OF THE DREAM’ by Philip Wylie (author of ‘When worlds collide’)
one PB copy in average condition at: £6 inc P&P
Book
22 ‘TIMESLIP’ by Bruce Stewart. One PB copy available at £5 inc UK P&P
Book
23 ‘DULCIMA’ by H.E. Bates. The book that the 1971 film was based on, two
versions available, one with only Dulcima & one with two other short
stories. Copies available at £6 inc UK
P&P
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POSTAGE.
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